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RAMONA  The Ramona Unified School District has rejected a claim filed by the parents of a special-needs first-grader accusing a school principal of dragging her across the playground, causing her to feel like she was being choked. The district investigated the incident and found insufficient evidence to support the ...

FALLBROOK  The Fallbrook water district says it will restructure elections so that board members are chosen by geographic zones, a switch intended to settle a voting-rights lawsuit filed last month by a Latino advocacy group. In the lawsuit, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund says the Fallbrook ...

CARLSBAD  A free poetry and creative writing workshop with poet and author Sonia Gutiérrez is from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Georgina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive. The workshop focuses on poetic language and attendees will discuss the importance of personification, metaphor and imagery as ...

OCEANSIDE  An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting a roommate during an argument in their Oceanside apartment over the weekend is slated to be arraigned in Vista court Wednesday. Calvin Glass is also accused of shooting a second man during the confrontation shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday in the Shadow ...

NORTH COUNTY  Following are upcoming meeting schedules for local government agencies: CITY COUNCILS CARLSBAD The Carlsbad City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Council Chambers, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive. Agenda items include: consider approval of a $673,424 agreement with Kleinfelder to provide professional engineering services for the ...

ENCINITAS  UPDATE: Encinitas Little League lost to Oceanview Tuesday night by a score of 10-3, meaning Encinitas is eliminated from the tournament. Two Little League teams from San Diego County are still alive in the Southern California South Sub-Division tournament. Encinitas Little League lost to Sweetwater Valley Little League ...

LU-1.2. No, it’s not a Star Wars robot. It is, however, the combination to one lock on leapfrog growth in the backcountry. In the county’s 2011 general plan update, Policy LU-1.2 says in wonkspeak that the supervisors must do the following: “Prohibit leapfrog development which is inconsistent with the Community ...

NORTH COUNTY  Following are results from recent local government meetings: CITY COUNCILS CARLSBAD The Carlsbad City Council on Tuesday received a presentation on water conservation within the Carlsbad Municipal Water District; received a presentation on quarterly capital improvement projects status report; and received a presentation of a report on ...

RAMONA  A motorcyclist who died in a head-on crash on a Ramona highway on Sunday was a Cal Fire firefighter-paramedics who worked at a Pine Valley fire station, authorities said. David Ross Hafen II, 25, of Oceanside, was killed in the 11:30 a.m. collision with a pickup on state ...

NORTH COUNTY  Public libraries have two weeks left to apply for state funding for adult literacy programs. An additional $2 million in state funding has been earmarked for libraries to join the adult literacy program that provides one-on-one tutoring to Californians who want to improve reading skills. The program, ...

OCEANSIDE  A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash Monday night, Oceanside police said. The 25-year-old rider was transported by medical helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, police Sgt. Ignacio Lopez said. Police were called about 7:20 p.m. to Vista Way near the intersection of Italia Way by ...

OCEANSIDE  The man who was wounded in a fatal Oceanside shooting Sunday is wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Tracy, California, an Oceanside police lieutenant said Monday. The victim was shot in the neck about 2:10 p.m. when an argument between three roommates turned violent at an ...

Authorities have released the name of the 61-year-old woman who was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday. Enid Diane Mayer-Sheaf was driving her Chevrolet west on Carmel Valley Road near Camino Del Sur around 6:25 p.m. when a man driving a Fiat 500 veered into her lane, his car hitting ...

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN  Firefighters were on their fourth day of battling a brush fire in a remote area of Palomar Mountain Monday, and a fire official said it may take another day or two before it is completely out. The fire was about 50 percent contained with 176 acres burned, ...

CAMP PENDLETON  The Armed Services YMCA at Camp Pendleton is looking for sponsors for its first annual Circle of Service fundraiser. The event is scheduled for Oct. 10 in the View Deck of the SpringHill Suites Marriott Oceanside. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit’s programs for Marines, Sailors and their families. ...